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Lot 136

BROWNE (CHRISTOPHER)
A New Mapp of the Kingdom of England, shewing Its Antient and Present Government being Divided as in the Saxon-Heptarchy, R. Sayer and T. Bowles, 1735 [but c.1760]

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BROWNE (CHRISTOPHER)

A New Mapp of the Kingdom of England, shewing Its Antient and Present Government being Divided as in the Saxon-Heptarchy, large engraved wall map on 10 sheets joined, backed on canvas and dissected, this example with the additional title in Latin pasted outside the upper border, light browning, 2 or 3 unobtrusive wormtrails [Shirley Browne 2 state 7], 1660 x 1660mm., R. Sayer and T. Bowles, 1735 [but c.1760]

Footnotes

A DETAILED LARGE-SCALE MAP OF ENGLAND, drawn by the mapmaker and engraver John Harris, for the London publisher Christopher Browne in 1700. Browne's output was limited, but the present map proved popular and was frequently reprinted in the first half of the eighteenth century. This 1760 printing is the final edition.

Provenance: The Chevalier de Fleurieu (1738–1810, explorer, hydrographer and politician), inkstamp on reverse; French Dépôt de la Marine, small circular inkstamp on recto at lower left corner; Sotheby's, 14 December 2000, lot 352.

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